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Painting Exile: R. B. Kitaj, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff
Redland Green Bowling Club Redland Green Road, Redland“The novelty of our time that so many individuals have experienced the uprooting and dislocations that have made them expatriate and exiles.” The words of Edward Said encapsulate the widely-held view that exile was emblematic of the modern world. This talk will focus upon three artists featured in the exhibition ‘Out of Chaos’ at the … Continue reading Painting Exile: R. B. Kitaj, Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff
Saudade: A Sephardic journey
Redland Green Bowling Club Redland Green Road, Redland10 years ago, after a series of seemingly disparate coincidences, Judy Rodrigues began a journey into 300 years of East End London Jewish history, which led her back through her grandfather’s Sephardic Marrano Jewish roots to Portugal and Northern Spain As an artist, the histories and stories became part of ‘life being lived’ as … Continue reading Saudade: A Sephardic journey
Creativity against the odds: Art and Internment during World War Two
Virtual streamedTo mark the 80th anniversary of the British government’s controversial decision to ‘collar the lot’, this illustrated lecture will examine the art produced in the British internment camps, mostly but not only on the Isle of Man. It will do so in the broader context of art produced in other internment situations, from the Japanese-American camps … Continue reading Creativity against the odds: Art and Internment during World War Two
Jewish Women’s Comics: Bodies and Bibles
Redland Quaker Meeting House 126 Hampton Road , Bristol, United KingdomCharlotte Salomon, Aline Kominsky Crumb, Sharon Rudahl, and Miriam Libicki, just some of the names of the maverick Jewish women who have transformed the world of autobiographical graphic narratives. They have challenged the traditional rubrics of comics making, and found authentic drawing styles and voices on their pages. In this talk I will introduce the artists … Continue reading Jewish Women’s Comics: Bodies and Bibles
Charlotte
Scott Cinema, Bristol Northumbria Drive, Henleaze, Bristol, Avon, United KingdomBased on an expansive collection of a thousand autobiographical paintings found after the war - considered by some to be the first graphic novel - this stunningly beautiful, animated film sheds light on the life and work of Berlin-born artist Charlotte Salomon. Restricted and haunted by antisemitic laws, the immensely gifted Salomon was forced to … Continue reading Charlotte
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